Rurik
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Rurik was a Varangian chieftain of the Rus' who, according to tradition, was invited to reign in Novgorod in the year 862. The Primary Chronicle states that Rurik was succeeded by his kinsman Oleg who
Rurik on the 19th-century "Millennium of Russia" monument in Veliky Novgorod
Image of Rurik in the Tsarsky titulyarnik (1672)
Rurik and his brothers Sineus and Truvor arrive at Ladoga. Painted by Viktor Vasnetsov (c. 1913)
The Varangians Rurik, Sineus and Truvor are approached by messengers from the east. Drawn by Fyodor Bruni (c. 1839)
Primary Chronicle
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The Primary Chronicle, shortened from the common Russian Primary Chronicle, is a chronicle of Kievan Rus' from about 850 to 1110. It is believed to have been originally compiled in the Kiev area in th
The Historian Nestor by Leo Mol
The baptism of Prince Vladimir I in Korsun in 988 (from the Radziwiłł Chronicle)
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